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Chris Cornell performs in Atlanta in May. He died suddenly May 17 at age 52. Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Getty Images
Chris Cornell, frontman of Soundgarden and Audioslave and a pioneer of grunge, died suddenly Wednesday at age 52 after performing a sold-out show at Detroit’s Fox Theatre. The Associated Press reports that he died by suicide.
What Cornell meant to grunge, and to the Seattle sound, cannot be understated.read more

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